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Zioc Saves His Planet
The book is a sequel to “So you Want To Be A Space Alien.” In that first book, Zioc from planet Frogrondal, is dispatched to Earth to find a Calling Stone to repair a hole in King Regulat’s castle. “Zioc...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2009
Water Source
The charismatic new leader of Britain, Gavin King has been elected on a ticket to clean up the country and give money back to the people. But soon the new regime is executing all criminals and throwing any protestors in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2009
Waking Beauty
What happens when Sleeping Beauty wakes up and it's 2009? Then discovers that her Prince is a boy in trouble with the police? Can there still be a fairy tale ending? Waking Beauty is a funny and moving fairytale played...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2010
Time Wish
This is a story about time travel, love, death and friendship. A lonely Victorian girl named Rose is terrified of dying from the Diphtheria outbreak that is sweeping through Bristol. It has already killed a number of children in the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/11/2010
The Red Scarf and Other Stories - Activity Book
If you enjoyed reading the fantastic book of short stories, The Red Scarf and Other Stories, then you will have lots of fun tackling the puzzles and activities in this book, based on those stories, which you will need to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/07/2010
The Red Scarf and Other Stories
Embark on a magical journey through the year, with these eight enchanting tales - two for each season of the year.Read all about a lost teddy bear searching for his owner in a department store, an adventure-seeking crab,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 23/06/2010
The Olympian or Joey Takes A Time Travel Tour Or Two
Imagine discovering your dad runs a time travel tourist agency!Joey Anthrobus is 13 and a great athlete. The only problem is that he can’t win races anymore because his life is in turmoil. His dad’s been away for ages...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
The Moonstone Tower
Stephen Moonstone believes in ghosts. He has to. He sees them every day. Working for an undercover Government organisation, The Psychic Guild, 14-year old Stephen is able to travel to a secret world of the dead, an invisible fourth dimension....
Format: Trade Paperback - Released: 01/07/2007
The Golden Acorn: The Adventures of Jack Brenin, book 1
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A captivating magical fantasy adventure, aimed at the 8 to 12 year olds.Jack Brenin’s life changes the moment he finds a golden acorn lying in the grass. He gets caught up in an extraordinary magical adventure and enters a world...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/08/2010
The Donkey's First Christmas
This cheeky donkey hates to work, and tries every trick in the book to keep people from using him. His persistence has always paid off in the past, but this winter, a man drops by the yard who ʻsimply will...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2011
The Balaclava Boy
‘I can honestly say that I was so scared I thought my legs had fallen off with fear. That thing was just too close, too big and too repulsive. And as for the smell… I’m Jack - a farmer’s...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2008
The Alien in the Garage and Other Stories
Neil's little brother is driving him mad. There can't really be an alien living in the garage...can there? Luke is bored. Adam has too much to do. Until they decide to swap lives...A camping trip takes a spooky turn when...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2011
SpaceCoyotes and the Secret of the Blue Planet
When fourteen year old JoJo’s dreams of joining the elite SpaceCoyote Academy are ruined by a sinister plot against her, she is drawn into a dark secret kept hidden from her family for forty years.Determined to uncover the truth and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2008
So You Want to Be a Space Alien
When Charlotte chooses Joseph as her new cat, she knows he has style and charisma: being a Burmese, such things are inevitable. What she does not know is that he is no ordinary cat: in fact he is not a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/01/2008
Sleeping with the Blackbirds
Click here to hear an Opening Extract Eleven-year-old schoolboy, Roy Nuttersley has been dealt a pretty raw deal. While hideous parents show him precious little in the way of love and affection, school bullies make his life a misery....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2011
Safe for Life
SAFE FOR LIFE is Katherine’s eagerly-awaited sequel to her prize-winning first novel, BORN TO DANCE, perfect for readers aged 8 - 12. If you enjoyed Black Beauty or Wind in the Williows then you should enjoy Katherine's books.The new story...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2009
Running A Boy. A Missing Computer Scientist. A Secret So Dangerous, it Must Stay Hidden from the World
Fifteen year old Scott Anderson has a secret so big he daren't share it even with his best friends. He and his dad are American. If you're American, you don't talk about it. If you don't talk about that, you...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2010
Pamalican Island
Twins Toby and Alice join their grandparents on the holiday of a lifetime, a trip to Pamalican Island. They have never been anywhere like this before. Meanwhile, deep in the blossoming island, exotic preparations are being made for the arrival...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/12/2010
Newskids on the Net
A gripping adventure story for young people aged 10 up to early teens.Fourteen year old Max Taylor dreams of running his own TV news station. With the help of cameraman Ollie ‘Sniffer’ Morris (who can smell a great news story...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008
Nature Mage
Gaspi is an ordinary boy, living in the mountain village of Aemon’s Reach, but life, for Gaspi, is forever changed the day magic erupts in him. He discovers he has a powerful gift - he is a Nature Mage, able...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2011
Midnight on Lundy
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This story is set in the 1960s on Lundy, an island off the North Devon coast. Although the story is fictional, it has been inspired by many tales of Lundy at that time, when the island was privately owned, keepers...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/10/2009
Midnight Mischief
James is surprised to be woken up at midnight by his teddy bear. He is even more surprised to be asked by an astronaut to fly into space! What has happened to planet Pluto and how can James help? Join...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/09/2010
Michelle in: Crabbit Comes to Stay
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The subject of bullying is always a difficult topic to address when trying to reach children, yet in her debut book Michelle in: Crabbit comes to Stay, new children's author Julie Hegarty succeeds in combining a fun, colourful story with...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2006
Keep Her Safe
Thirteen year-olds Nikki, Nathan and Lyle are camping and exploring on the tranquil island of Skye when, in the darkness of a prehistoric underground chamber, Nikki encounters an inhuman screaming face. The teens follow this strange, clothed creature as it...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2011
Golden Triangle
James is back. A mysterious monk in a hotel lobby. Seven people plotting something that will change the world. Can James discover the secret of the Golden Triangle before it is too late?
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2009
Glasruhen Gate
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Glasruhen Gate is the sequel to Cooper's award winning The Golden Acorn. When Jack Brenin found out that, beyond doubt, he was 'The One' written about in an ancient prophecy, his whole life changed. Now, armed with the golden acorn,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 22/02/2011
Fluffy Little Kitten in Too Many Kittens!
Fluffy Little Kitten is a happy kitten, who is off to the kitten disco. He’s sure to have fun with all his kitten friends, but what adventures will he have? This is the first Fluffy Little Kitten book, and is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2007
Felix The Fast Tractor Helps To Find Ben
Felix and his friends are harvesting when Ben the Dog goes missing - where can he be? Felix lives with the Story family near the village of Glempsea where he plays a vital role in the running of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/09/2007
Do as you would be done by
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We live in a fast-moving, multi-racial, multi-cultural society which bombards our children with thousands of complicated images and messages every day. Although they are highly 'media literate' and 'media critical', today's children don't have the time and patience to read...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/05/2005
Derek the Dredger and the Underwater Archaeologists
When Professor Archaeology and Professor Marie Time bump into Derek the Dredger, they realise that a great friendship could lead to some amazing new discoveries ...but they did not realise quite how dangerous the sea can be, or what sort...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2008
Darkmere
After a spate of sinister drownings in Darkmere a pontoon is built over the centre of the lake. The pontoon is covered and sealed off from the public. The residents of Darkmere assume the pontoon has something to do with...
Format: Trade Paperback - Released: 22/04/2008
Clara's Clever Custard
For 7+ readers. When Clara Jones is given the task of inventing something for her school science project, she decides to try and make the perfect custard. After a miraculous accident Clara ends up with more than she bargained for,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/06/2010
Burglar Boy
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Not your typical black-hearted burglar, Dean is a neglected 11-year-old, free to roam the streets, day and night, and encouraged to steal by his older brother in a secret life of crime. Then, one day, during a break-in, Dean meets...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/05/2011
Born to Dance
BORN TO DANCE tells a pure and timeless tale of friendship, adventure, hardship and triumph: a family classic which children, parents and grandparents alike will find irresistible.Perfect for readers aged 8 - 12. If you enjoyed Black Beauty or Wind...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2007
Blackdaw Cottage
When Abigail, Morton, Ruth and her dog go sledging one snowy day in their sleepy village, they wander off into the forest to find the cottage of the notorious recluse, Bentley. After an encounter with the unpleasant gamekeeper Vargis, they...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
Beyond The Hedge
Eleven-year-old Sandy Henderson lives a carefree life with her family in a quiet port on Scotland"s south-west coast, unaware that the parallel world of Sylvania lies beyond a huge hedge at the bottom of their overgrown garden. When her beloved...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/10/2005
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